82 FR 17265 - Meeting Notice; Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 67 (April 10, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 67 (Monday, April 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17265-17266]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07284]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Meeting Notice; Advisory Council for the Elimination of 
Tuberculosis (ACET)

    In accordance with section 10(a) (2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting of the aforementioned 
committee:

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., EDT, April 11, 2017.

PLACE: Web conference.
    Toll free number 1-877-927-1433, Participant Code: 12016435.
    To join the meeting: https://adobeconnect.cdc.gov/r5p8l2tytpq/.

STATUS: Open to the public, limited only by the number of ports 
available for the web conference. The meeting accommodates 100 ports. 
Persons who desire to make an oral statement, may request it at the 
time of the public comment period on April 11, 2017 at 3:20 p.m. EDT). 
Public participation and ability to comment will be limited to space 
and time as it permits.

PURPOSE: This council advises and makes recommendations to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Assistant Secretary for 
Health, and the Director, CDC, regarding the elimination of 
tuberculosis (TB). Specifically, the Council makes recommendations 
regarding policies, strategies, objectives, and priorities; addresses 
the development and application of new technologies; and reviews the 
extent to which progress has been made toward eliminating tuberculosis.

MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION: Agenda items include the following topics: (1) 
CDC's Global TB Work; (2) Identifying and Eliminating Stigmatizing 
Language in TB Communications; (3) Discussion and Approval of the 
Essential Components of Tuberculosis Prevention Control and Elimination 
Program Document; (4) Updates from Workgroups; and (5) other 
tuberculosis-related issues.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

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    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to an unavoidable circumstance, the administrative change 
and procedural processing delays. In the interest of promoting openness 
and transparency, we are publishing a late notice in the Federal 
Register to inform the public.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Margie Scott-Cseh, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., M/S E-07, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 639-8317; Email: [email protected].
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register Notices pertaining to 
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, 
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Claudette Grant,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-07284 Filed 4-7-17; 8:45 am]
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